Mirtola | |
|---|---|
village | |
 Radha Krishna Temple at Mirtola Ashram | |
  Mirtola Location in Uttarakhand, India  Mirtola Mirtola (India) | |
| Coordinates: 29°35′50″N 79°39′25″E / 29.59718°N 79.6570°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Uttarakhand |
| District | Almora |
| Elevation | 2,118 m (6,949 ft) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 263623 |
| Vehicle registration | UK |
| Climate | Alpine (BSh) (Köppen) |
| Website | uk |
Mirtola is a village 10 km away from Almora, in Uttarakhand state in India. It is best known for an ashram by the same name, also called Uttar Brindaban ("Brindaban of the North"), set up by Sri Yashoda Ma,[1] a housewife turned ascetic in the 1930,[2] along with her disciple Sri Krishna Prem (1898–1965),[3] a mystic of the 20th Century. The ashram was later run by his disciple, Sri Madhava Ashish (1920–1997),[4] another Briton, who also later settled in India.
Mirtola is en route to Pithoragarh from Almora, 3 km to the left of the main road after Panuanaula, 25 km after Almora. The place is also known for a Radha-Krishna temple, Uttar Brindaban, built in 1931 [5] by Sri Yashoda Ma, the founder and the spiritual head of the ashram.[6]
- ^ The Hindu, 4 May 2003[usurped] The Hindu, 4 May 2003.
- ^ Guru by Your Bedside, S. D. Pandey, pp. 45
- ^ Testament of faith The Hindu, 6 December 2005.
- ^ Madhav Ashish Biography
- ^ Letters from Mirtola, Sri Krishna Prem and Sri Madhav Ashish, pp.89
- ^ Excursions from Almora Archived 2007-11-19 at the Wayback Machine